Google is launching its AI chips into space — Project Suncatcher MVP sports four TPUs and will be delivered by a SpaceX rocket

Google is testing whether AI hardware can survive repeated exposure to space

The experimental satellite carries four custom Tensor Processing Units into orbit

Radiation testing showed the TPUs could withstand demanding orbital exposure levels

Google will launch its first experimental orbital data center satellite on October 1 2026, marking an early test for Project Suncatcher, its long-term research initiative.

This moonshot effort explores whether low Earth orbit could eventually host scalable machine learning infrastructure powered largely by sunlight.

The satellite…